Hello listeners!
On this week’s podcast, Ryan Chacon speaks with Alper Yegin, CEO of the LoRa Alliance, about the state of LoRaWAN in 2026. The conversation covers what’s driving LoRaWAN adoption, how LoRaWAN compares to other connectivity options, new LoRaWAN capabilities, LoRaWAN deployments in smart buildings and other verticals, moving from a pilot to large-scale deployment, misconceptions about LoRaWAN, the role of LoRaWAN in physical AI, and the future of LoRaWAN.
The Exponential Growth of LoRaWAN
Meet Alper Yegin
Alper Yegin is the CEO of the LoRa Alliance, where he oversees the organization’s strategic direction and supports the development and global adoption of LoRaWAN technology, a key standard for low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) in the Internet of Things (IoT). Before becoming CEO, he chaired the LoRa Alliance Technical Committee for eight years and served as Vice-Chair of the board for seven years.
With over 25 years of experience in the IoT, mobile, and wireless communication industries, Yegin has held senior roles, including CTO at Actility, and various positions at Samsung Electronics, DoCoMo, and Sun Microsystems. He has contributed to global standards development in organizations such as IETF, 3GPP, ETSI, Zigbee Alliance, WiMAX Forum, and IPv6 Forum, where he has also taken on leadership responsibilities. Yegin holds 16 patents and has authored numerous technical standards and papers.
About LoRa Alliance
The LoRa Alliance® is an open, nonprofit association that develops and promotes the LoRaWAN standard and product certification program. With the highest accessibility, most robust ecosystem, and widest global adoption of any LPWAN technology, LoRaWAN is the leading IoT LPWAN standard and an essential fourth pillar of global wireless connectivity, complementing cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, connecting more than 150 million devices worldwide. The LoRa Alliance has become one of the largest and fastest-growing alliances in the technology sector since its inception in 2015.
